4 Seasons of Property Servicing for your home and gardens.
Plant Design Therapy for over 13 years, has been entrusted with the care of numerous prestigious properties across Middlesex, New Haven, and New London Counties. Our dedicated teams, led by experienced crew foreman, are well-versed in the intricacies of property maintenance, blending science and art to ensure optimal care.
Every member of our team undergoes rigorous training and background checks, ensuring professionalism and respectfulness towards both our clients and their properties.
We pride ourselves on our meticulous attention to detail, guaranteeing that your property is maintained at the highest standard. By offering a comprehensive range of services, we eliminate the need for you to worry about whether tasks have been completed or juggle multiple service providers.
Each property receives a personalized care plan tailored to its specific needs and budget, ensuring that our services are both effective and cost-efficient.
Four Seasons for Property Care
Spring
March- Mow and Feed lawns, gardens and prepare for the spring splendor
April- clean garden beds, edge, note dead plants that haven’t overwintered, divide plants that are looking too mature
May- Plant Spring Planters, Mulch beds
Spring Tasks
- Clean driveways, walkways, patios and walls.
- Prune back dead winter kill on plants
- Inspect Gardens on replacements
- Agree on the level of organic care.
- Install flower beds, vegetable gardens, and containers.
- Clean up, prune, and remove damaged branches, redo edging; mulch
- Adjust night lighting for seasonal growth.
- Continue disease and pest control.
- Turn on irrigation
Summer
June- Prune, get your beds ready for the heat of summer, mulch beds thickly to prepare for summer weeds, replace spring planters with hot loving summer annuals in pots
July- increase timezones on irrigation, weed and edge beds for summer get-togethers, deadhead
August- weed, feed, fertilize and prepare for fall plantings to get gardens ready for Labor Day
Summer Tasks
- Begin projects including gardens, structures, walls, patios and kitchens.
- Rotate seasonal plants, install annuals
- Continue weekly bed detailing: weeding, pruning and maintain plant health.
- Stake and deadhead perennials.
- Treat noxious weeds, disease and insect infestations.
- Adjust night lighting.
- Adjust irrigation schedule.
Fall
September- divide, transplant, edge and clean beds, deadhead and weed gardens, plant bulbs, perennials, shrubs and evergreens
October- plant mums, fall asters, and start your small evergreens in planters
November- Cut down Beds, edge, overwinter, clean gutters
Fall Tasks
- Plant fall beds, containers and spring bulbs.
- Prune plants, grasses and perennials
- Remove debris;re-edge, divide perennials.
- Prepare lawn for spring with seeding, aeration, fertilizer and composting.
- Wrap evergreens with mesh and burlap.
- Inspect trees for health and pruning; deep-feed trees and shrubs.
Winter
December- protect your broadleaf evergreens with burlap
January – remove heavy snow from evergreens such as ilex and buxus
February- prune fruit trees, evergreens, clean your beds if the snow melts
Winter Tasks
- Stake driveway before first plow.
- Design and install holiday containers.
- Adjust night lighting to dramatize winter landscape.
- Prune woody ornamentals, fruit and specimen trees.
- Remove debris, fallen limbs, branches and leaves.
- Plow, clear, and salt walkways and driveway.
